x.php

<?php echo Form::open(array('url' => 'foo/bar', 'method' => 'post')); ?>

<form action="foo/bar" method="post">

link_to_route('foo', 'Go to foo');

<a href="<?= route('foo'); ?>">Go to foo</a>

Oh, for yours...

{{ Form::open(['url' => 'foo/bar']); }}

<form action="foo/bar" method="post">

But, yes, I'm now competing over 5 chars. ;)

I get the point on some of the other helpers. Doesn't save anything. Though I wouldn't mind if there were some view specific helper funcs that mapped to those methods.

{{ label('foo', 'Foo Input') }}
{{ input_tag('foo') }}

vs.

<label for="foo">Foo Input</label>
<input type="text" id="foo" name="foo">